Meaning of 目/meaning-of-食う in Japanese
Definition of 目/meaning-of-食う
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (v5u, vt) to eat
- to live; to make a living; to survive
- to bite; to sting (as insects do)
- to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
- to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
- to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
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to consume time and-or resources
この事業は金を食う。
This job eats money. - to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
- to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
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(n) (biological) order
「そのとおり」私は、シャワーを浴びている時に石鹸が目に入るとヒステリー状態になる男のように、娘のこの話に身震いしながら言った。
Right, I said, shivering at this recital as a man would who gets hysterical while taking a shower if a bit of soap stings his eye. -
item (of a budget revision, etc.)
ヘレン・ケラーは目と耳と口が不自由だった。
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb. -
(ctr) counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
彼は崇拝の眼で彼女を眺めた。
He regarded her with worship in his eyes.
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
